An interesting article appeared on The Buddhist Channel today.  The link is below.  There are related articles on the websites referred to at the end of this article too.  The "third nature" - I like that.

A video creation I found on youtube sets a lecture by Alan Watts upon a background of ambient music, along with a visual image of Watts.  There are many uploaded videos of Watts on youtube.  What interests me about this one is the visual image - Watts has been (crudely) animated.  The video's description states: "Alan Watts, master philosopher brought to life with modern technology."

as it goes...it is only a dream character that twists and turns in this dream. and this dream character is that ever persistent "me" with a story.

"i will get this some day" is me-mory at play.

identity, the sense of a separate self-centre, is memory manifest. whatever thought arises carries the content of either some past scene or some future imagining, and it's only in this appearing thought form that an individual, a "me", appears.

Dr. Gabor Mate's talk from the July 3, 2008 Awake in Action at the Shambhala Centre of Vancouver.

Gotama gives a description of a way the sense doors operate in John D. Irelands translation of the Samyutta Nikaya.

found this letter by surprise, and was surprised into thinking again. it's by a Buddhist talking about the recent violence in Tibet and really shaking up my image of things. please read it and see what you think. so easy to have compassion for those we automatically think are right! so much harder to take a second look.

How do you survive?
How do you sustain your practice?
Who is your audience?
How do you define community?
What matters to you as an artist?
What are your criteria for successful work?

-These questions are the ones we can't get around. They are awkward and difficult and absolutely necessary questions.
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-These answers are, for now, present in my self

With Grace
With Care
Your listening heart
Reciprocal
Heart doing, feeling being
Time

Part 2 is here.

I love it when I come across something that reveals a deeper truth about something that I've been familiar with for years. It happened to me this morning, inspired by this picture.